Hat-holder for packing-receptacles.



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E. SEWARD.

R FOB PAGKING REG I I AAAAAAAAAA n FILED APR. 000000 9. 930,420. Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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HARVEY snwnian,orrnrnitsnuae, VIRGINIA..

HAT-HOLDER FOR-'PAGKING-REGEPTACLES.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed April 30, 1909." Serial No 493,206.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY SEWARD, citi zen of the United States, residing at Petersbnrg, county of Dinwiddie, and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Holders for Packing-Iteceptacles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to This invention relates to a hat holding device, and particularly to a construction adapted for application to a trunk tray or other packing receptacle.

An object of the invention is to provide a removable hat holder within the receptacle secured by oppositely pivoted bails adapted to embrace said holder or to be folded.

against the bottom of the tray when it isdesired to pack fiat articles therein.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspec-' tive of the receptacle; Fig.2 is a vertical cross section thereof; F1g. 3 1s a-detail section of one of the hinged receptacle joints, Flg. 4. is a detail perspective of the hat holder.

The numeral lOdesignates the body of the tray the cover of which is formed in separate sections 11 which are pivotally connected by means of the retaining straps 12. These straps are secured to the back wall of the tray body and pass downwardly through an aperture 13 in the fixed toppiece 1 1, thence upward through an aperture 15 in one of the sections 11 and downwardly through a similar aperture 16 in the same section. The tray cover may be provided with any sired number of sections, the front section thereof being formed with an aperture 17 I through which the strap 12 passes upward and is adapted to be connected to a secur ing tab 18 fastened to the front of thetray at 19 and provided with any suitable form of buckle 20 by which it is fastened to the strap 12. Each of the joints between the sections of the tray top is provided with a retaining strap 21 secured at 22 to the adjacent ends of the sections so as to prevent the bending of the direction or toward the body of the tray. The bottom 23 of the tray is formed with a base 24 adapted hat holder 25 which is removable therefrom with the retaining tabs,

sections in a downward to receive a semispherical andretained in position when desired for use bymeans of bails 26 and 27 pivotally mounted at diametrically opposite points as indicated at 28 so as to fold downward into contact with the bottom 23 of the tray when the holder is removed. Vhen it is desired to retain the holder in position these bails are swung upward as shown in Figs. 2 and 4: to embrace the semispherical body 25, and

one of these bails, for instance, as shown in Fig. 1 is provided with a seat or recess 29 adapted to receive and hold the bail swung thereover.

In the operation of the invention it will be seen that the straps form flexible and durable hinges for the sections of the tray cover which permit them to be folded upward without injury to the hinges thereof and also form means which, in connection ermit the cover to be held in closed position, as shown in Fig. 1, to retain the contents of the tray.

The retalmng straps prevent a movement of the cover section in the opposite direction thus maintaining it rigid when it is desired to close the cover and preventing any movement of these sections toward the body of the cover. a

The hat holder within the tray is adapted to be readily removed by swinging the holding bails downward, as shown in Fig. 4:, so that flat articles can be packed in the tray. When these bails are in holding position they are retained against accidental dis placement by the elasticity of the metal thereof and the seat formed in one of the bails to engage and hold the opposite bail. It will therefore be seen that the invention presents a simple, efficient and economically constructed form of hat holder adapted for application to any character of packing receptacle.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a hat holder, a base, a removable body seated thereon, and a bail pivoted at its opposite ends upon said base to swing over and embrace said body upon the base.

2. In a removable hat holder, a base, a body seated thereon, and a plurality of balls adapted to embrace said body pivoted upon said base disposed one within the other to swing in contact with each other when embracing said body.

8. In a packing receptacle, a removable In a packing receptacle, a hat holder comprising aremovable semispherical body, and bails pivoted at diametrically opposite and oppositely pivoted bailspoints within the receptacle and adapted to embrace said body, one of said bails being provided with a retaining recess to receive the opposite bail.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARVEY SEVVARD. Vitnesses B. C. BICA'LYNANNY, Homms BOISSEAU. 

